Doodling has been seen as a mindless pursuit-until now. People are discovering the hidden discipline; order; and joy behind artful scribbles. Idiots Guide: Zen Doodling gives readers all they need to get started or to continue the practice of using ordered; repeated "tangle" designs to create composite doodles that are great creative expression as well as works of art unto themselves.In this book readers get:-- Materials and methods for getting started with meditative patterned drawing.-- Basic art instruction for creating patterns and forms that achieve beauty through unity and balance.-- Artistic insight into using different papers; pens; pencils; markers; and paints to take tangles to the next level.-- Step-by-step instructions for drawing more than 20 doodle forms and filling them with tangle patterns; with each new stroke highlighted by color.-- Dozens of new step-by-step tangles to try; with a foundation for creating others based on the same artistic and natural concepts.-- A swatchbook of 50 more tangles and textures to use in your own doodles.-- Inspirational finished doodles and ideas for jumpstarting artistic creativity.
2013-03-30 2013-03-30File Name: B00WY2NX7Y
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. I read an entire bookBy TLPretty rare for me to make it through a whole book (thanks dyslexia); also pretty rare to read a music bio book that goes into the details of how screwed up people can get but also has some light at the end of tunnel redemption. This is not just a laundry list of all the dumb sh*t each band member got into although there is a fair amount of that. Its also an interesting read on one of the few bands that is truly an independent and has been doing it for a very long time successfully and on their own terms to say the least.Eriks story takes center stage here and rightfully so as it could be used as a model for anyone whos life has gone totally off the rails and needs to know that they can come out the other side.Ill admit I am biased because I was lucky enough to call Erik a friend of mine when I lived in California for a few years. I knew some of the back story already just not in the vivid detail in the book.. Its even more amazing when you know the guy because he is one of better quality people you will ever meet. Just glad I met post rehab Erik and not the one who would have d*ck punched me for fun.So yeah.. I read it in one day and Ill give it five stars and I hate to read.7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Youll wonder what pee tastes like..By mastenatorThis is one of the most intense and brutally honest "rock" biographies Ive ever read. Youll laugh; youll cry; youll gag; youll actually throw up. Youll wonder what pee tastes like....and youll love every minute of it.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. All around greatBy _CustomerIncredible to hear some of the first hand stories of what the L.A. punk scene was like in the 80s. If you liked Mikes SXSW Cokie the Clown set; definitely check this out; as it has countless stories like those - many that are even more shocking. The audiobook is interesting too; but not as "animated" as Id have hoped. Hefe definitely has the best "performance;" as well as Jelo Biafra; but the rest of the bands reading is a bit monotone and boring. I wish they did a couple takes; because it sounds like they found their rhythm halfway through.
